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  "id": 14248815,
  "title": "FTC and seven states seek contempt ruling against Shkreli over pharma ban",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ftc-and-seven-states-seek-contempt-ruling-against-shkreli-over-pharma",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T16:54:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
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    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/13/martin-shkreli-ftc-ruling-pharma-ban"
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  "summary": "Martin Shkreli’s 2022 release conditions bar him from participating in the pharmaceutical industry, including ownership stakes or business decisions The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and seven US states have alleged that pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli repeatedly violated a lifetime ban on participating in the pharmaceutical industry, and they are asking a judge to hold him in contempt.…",
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Martin Shkreli violated lifetime pharma industry ban, FTC and states say in contempt claim",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/martin-shkreli-violated-lifetime-pharma-industry-ban-ftc-and-states",
        "published": "2026-10-13T13:01:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "FTC and 7 states are seeking to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt over pharma ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ftc-and-7-states-are-seeking-to-hold-martin-shkreli-in-contempt-over",
        "published": "2026-10-13T13:30:26.000Z"
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        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: FTC demands Martin Shkreli divest his pharma stocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/stat-ftc-demands-martin-shkreli-divest-his-pharma-stocks",
        "published": "2026-10-13T14:31:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "FTC says Martin Shkreli 'flagrantly and repeatedly' violated his lifetime pharma ban",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/ftc-says-martin-shkreli-flagrantly-and-repeatedly-violated-his",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:21:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MarketWatch Top",
        "title": "‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli is in trouble with regulators again, this time for influencing biopharma stocks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-is-in-trouble-with-regulators-again-this",
        "published": "2026-10-13T15:37:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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